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The Tank Craft series has become very popular with modellers and enthusiasts. This new addition to the range meets the criteria of excellent photographs and drawings with descriptive text and full captions – Very Highly Recommended.

NAME: Tank Craft, Churchill Tanks, British Army, North-West
Europe 1944-1945FILE: R2615AUTHOR: Dennis OliverPUBLISHER: Pen & SwordBINDING: soft backPAGES: 65PRICE: £14.99GENRE: Non FictionSUBJECT: WWII, World War II, World War 2, Second World War,
British Army, armour, infantry tank, specialist variants, D-DayISBN: 1-52671-088-9IMAGE: B2615.jpgBUYNOW: http://tinyurl.com/ybb2pczxLINKS: DESCRIPTION: The Tank Craft series has become very popular with
modellers and enthusiasts. This new addition to the range meets
the criteria of excellent photographs and drawings with descriptive
text and full captions – Very Highly Recommended.The British continued to design, develop and produce new tank
types even though there was a reliable flow of American tanks.
One type that was virtually unique to the British Army was the
infantry tank. The Matilda and Valentine tanks were followed by
the Churchill. This type was basically a self-propelled pillbox.
It featured very heavy armour, an adequate gun that was behind the
type usually fitted to gun tanks that were expected to fight other
tanks, and it was relatively slow. The design was in many respects
an updated version of the original 'male' tanks used during WWI to
break through trench lines.The Churchill followed this pattern and mounted a QF 6 pounder
main gun, adequate to take on opposing infantry dug in ahead and
move steadily forward with infantry following on, on foot. The
MkIII through Mk VIII were produced in relatively small numbers
and the turret was up-gunned to 75mm and 95mm. The most numerous
model was the Mk IV of which almost 200 were produced. Perhaps the
most important models were the 'specials' or 'funnies' produced
for D-Day. These models included an Armoured Recovery Vehicle, the
Crocodile flame thrower, Bridge-layer, and the AVRE armed with a
290 mm Petard mortar. Churchill tanks were modified to lay 'carpet'
roadways, drop fascines into trenches to bridge them and to wade
ashore at Normandy.This book contains a great deal of information in text and images,
including some nicely executed full colour drawings. Having provided
a good history and a multitude of drawings of Churchills in action,
the book provides a very comprehensive list of model kits and
accessories. There is everything to satisfy both the modeller
and the enthusiast.